August 25, 2004
20 anecdotes, part two
6. Jeffrey, that kid whom I had a fistfight with, won during that fight. I eventually had my revenge. We were playing darts, and when it was my turn to throw the dart, I threw it in his direction. It landed on a sore on his leg. Tee-hee. I think I went up to him and asked if he was all right. Score!
7. When I finally went to school (kindergarten, I think), I was first a very shy and very silent little boy. I remember looking out the windows while my teachers were discussing some ABC's and 123's in class. One feisty teacher, however, noticed me daydreaming, and in her frustration, took an eraser from the ledge of the blackboard and sent in hurling towards my direction. I do not remember whether it missed or not. As these things go, it probably didn't.
8. I graduated valedictorian in kindergarten. As valedictorian, I had to recite a speech which my father made, and to my little brain at that time, that speech was 20 pages long. (I found the speech years later, and found it to be only 3 paragraphs long.) I did not like memorizing it. At all. So one day, while Mama and Papa were teaching me the speech, I gave some excuse to enter the house. What I actually did was escape through the back door. My mother spotted me, and, with a broomstick in her hand, chased me through the boarding house and swatted me with it when she finally caught up with me. Even her friend could not stop her from expressing her wrath. Ouch!
9. My older brother tells me that when I was a baby, he used to lift me by the feet to bump my head on the concrete floor. I don't believe it one bit, but on second thought, it's something he would try... I think.
10. After Zamboanga, we transferred to Davao. I studied elementary at Ateneo de Davao University. During Grade 4, my Work Education teacher asked us to create an embroidery. To those in the know, this means punching a needle with a yarn to and fro a cement sack until you get a fluffy embroidery creation. But I did not do that. Instead of a needle with a yarn, I glued the yarn on the cement sack. I got a D for Doofus.
That's it for now. There's more to come!
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